Feb 06 Watch Cleanup Begins After Intense Storms Wreak Deadly Havoc on South Powerful storms and tornados tore across five southern states Tuesday night, leaving at least 54 dead. After a report on the weather disaster, the governor of Tennessee details the cleanup efforts and a weather expert offers insight on the storms. Continue watching
Feb 06 Deadly Storms Pound Southern States By PBS News Hour Tornadoes and thunderstorms ripped across several southern states Tuesday night, killing at least 44 people and injuring hundreds more. Continue reading
Feb 05 CIA Chief Confirms Waterboarding; Al-Qaida Regrouping in Pakistan By PBS News Hour Top intelligence officers publicly confirmed for the first time that three suspected terrorists were waterboarded and warned that al-Qaida is establishing cells in other countries, particularly Pakistan, to plan attacks within the United States. Continue reading
Feb 04 Serbian President Wins Re-election, Vows Pro-Western Course By PBS News Hour Serbian President Boris Tadic edged out his nationalist rival to win re-election in a weekend vote and pledged Monday to continue his pro-Western course as questions loomed over Kosovo's impending declaration of independence. Continue reading
Feb 01 Pet Bazaar Bombings Kill Dozens in Baghdad By PBS News Hour Bombs attached to two women killed at least 60 people and wounded scores more in separate blasts Friday morning on Baghdad pet bazaars, ending a relative lull in violence in the Iraqi capital. Continue reading
Jan 29 Formal Mediation Begins in Conflict-torn Kenya By PBS News Hour Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan began formal mediation talks Tuesday in Kenya, where post-election violence has killed hundreds and driven thousands from their homes. Continue reading
Jan 28 Canada Threatens Troop Pullout from Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Canada will pull its 2,500 troops out of Afghanistan in early 2009 unless NATO adds soldiers in the dangerous southern region, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday, signaling Ottawa has lost patience with what it sees as allies' foot-dragging. Continue reading
Jan 25 'Averaged' Image Could Boost Computer Face Recognition Accuracy By PBS News Hour A simple process of averaging many photographs of the same person into one composite image could significantly improve the performance of face recognition software used in border security and other applications, new research suggests. Continue reading
Jan 25 Investigator in Hariri Probe Killed by Beirut Bomb By PBS News Hour A police intelligence officer tasked with investigating a string of assassinations in Lebanon was himself assassinated in a car bombing Friday near Beirut that left his bodyguard and at least three other people dead. Continue reading
Jan 23 Gazans Flood into Egypt After Border Wall Topples By Admin, PBS News Hour Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Egypt from the Gaza Strip to buy fuel, food and other supplies Wednesday after masked gunmen used land mines to blast down sections of a seven-mile fence dividing the border town of Rafah. Continue reading